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Intel Core 5 120U

Benchmarks for the Intel Core 5 120U can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

  • The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
  • The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
  • The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

Intel Core 5 120U

Description: Intel Graphics

Class: Mobile/Embedded

Socket: FCBGA1744

Total Cores: 10 Cores, 12 Threads

Performance Cores: 2 Cores, 4 Threads, 1.4 GHz Base, 5.0 GHz Turbo

Efficient Cores: 8 Cores, 8 Threads, 0.9 GHz Base, 3.8 GHz Turbo

Typical TDP: 15 W

TDP Down: 12 W

TDP Up: 55 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 48 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 1280 KB
L3 Cache: 12 MB

Cache per Eff. CPU Package:
Eff. L1 Instruction Cache: 8 x 64 KB
Eff. L1 Data Cache: 8 x 32 KB
Eff. L2 Cache: 2 x 2048 KB

Memory Support: Max. Memory Size: 96 GB (Up to DDR5 5200 MT/s Up to DDR4 3200 MT/s Up to LPDDR5/x 6400 MT)

Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) 5 120U, Intel Core 5 120U, Intel 5 120U

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2024

CPUmark/$Price: 48.09

Overall Rank:
1071st fastest in multithreading out of 5442 CPUs
333rd fastest in single threading out of 5442 CPUs
66th fastest in out of 1216 Mobile/Embedded CPUs

Last Price Change: $340.00 USD (2024-01-01)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
16351
Single Thread Rating
3664

Samples: 745*
*Margin for error: Low

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Core 5 120U

Integer Math55,719 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math38,773 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers61 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting20,685 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption11,340 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression179,963 KBytes/Sec
Physics1,046 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions10,034 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread3,664 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 8th of November 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Core 5 120U

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 4th of November 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 4th of November 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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Pricing History


CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Mobile/Embedded CPUs
As of 8th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme
 24,748
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U
 18,235
Intel Core 5 120U
 16,351
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,146
Intel Core i5-1235U
 12,770
Apple A15 Bionic
 9,886
Apple A14 Bionic
 8,548
Intel N97
 5,883
Apple A13 Bionic
 5,769
Intel N100
 5,359
AMD Ryzen Embedded R1505G
 3,791
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 8th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core 5 120U
 48.09
Intel N97
 45.96
Intel N100
 41.87
Intel Core i5-1235U
 41.33
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme
 NA
AMD Ryzen Embedded R1505G
 NA
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U
 NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
Apple A15 Bionic
 NA
Apple A14 Bionic
 NA
Apple A13 Bionic
 NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 8th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,679
Intel Core 5 120U
 3,664
Apple A15 Bionic
 3,583
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme
 3,571
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U
 3,569
Apple A14 Bionic
 3,384
Intel Core i5-1235U
 3,121
Apple A13 Bionic
 2,347
Intel N97
 2,045
Intel N100
 1,897
AMD Ryzen Embedded R1505G
 1,815
Last 5 Baselines for Intel Core 5 120U
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL3033835 - Nov 07 2025
13195
BL3033823 - Nov 07 2025
10300
BL3032882 - Nov 06 2025
16422
BL3032841 - Nov 06 2025
17654
BL3032598 - Nov 06 2025
17591
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for Intel Core 5 120U
As of 8th of November 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core 5 120U
 16,351
Intel Core i5-1235U vs Intel Core 5 120U
 12,770 (-21.9%)
Intel Core Ultra 5 236V vs Intel Core 5 120U
 18,307 (+12.0%)
Intel Core i5-1245U vs Intel Core 5 120U
 12,997 (-20.5%)
Apple M3 8 Core vs Intel Core 5 120U
 19,140 (+17.1%)
Intel Core i7-1265U vs Intel Core 5 120U
 13,307 (-18.6%)
Intel Core i3-1315UE vs Intel Core 5 120U
 8,985 (-45.0%)
Intel Core i3-1315UE vs Intel Core 5 120U
 8,985 (-45.0%)
Intel Core i5-1340PE vs Intel Core 5 120U
 18,490 (+13.1%)
Intel Core Ultra 5 238V vs Intel Core 5 120U
 18,207 (+11.3%)
Intel Core i3-1220PE vs Intel Core 5 120U
 16,146 (-1.3%)
Intel Core i5-1335UE vs Intel Core 5 120U
 10,863 (-33.6%)
Intel Core i5-1345UE vs Intel Core 5 120U
 10,445 (-36.1%)